Nightly Brief

Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump using his first address before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to threaten North Korea with annihilation; President Trump’s choice for solicitor general won narrow Senate approval, giving the job of arguing for the government in court to a man who spent much of the last decade doing just the opposite; the Maui dolphin — the world’s smallest dolphin species — was listed as an endangered species Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and more.

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United States President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Solicitor general nominee Noel Francisco prepares to take a seat at the witness table to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on his nomination on May 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

In this Sept. 1, 2015, photo, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office’s refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)